Of baskets and Lola’s, things have certainly changed.

August 29, 2007 · Filed Under Random Ramblings 

In replying to Laarni’s comment in my last post, I remembered my grandmother and her native basket.

Back when I was younger, around 6 or 7, I used to go with my lola (grandmother) when she does the daily “pamamalengke” (buying food supplies from the market) early in the morning. We’d go out around 6 am, when the market is busy with “byaheros” (suppliers delivering their fruits, vegetables and meat to market vendors) unloading their goods and bartering with the vendors. We’d get to pick fresh stuff, and at times even get more discounts for being the “buena mano“. My lola always carried her big basket. We’d buy fruits, vegetables, pork, chicken and rice. And all of it fit in the basket. No matter how much we bought, it seemed to always fit in the basket. We didn’t use much plastic back then, only the wet goods, like the fresh fish gets packed in it so the other stuff we bought will not be soiled.

These days, when I go with my mom to buy in the market, everything we buy is packed in plastic. We won’t be able to bring back home anything if it wasn’t in plastic because we don’t bring baskets anymore. Sometimes when cash is low, we even go to the groceries where frozen goods are available to be bought on credit, so we try to be contented with frozen chicken and veggies. Maybe I can convince mom to get me a basket…

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3 Responses to “Of baskets and Lola’s, things have certainly changed.”

  1. Beng on August 30th, 2007 3:56 am

    kapag nandiyan ako sa pilipinas, ako mismo ang namamalengke tapos ganun din kaaga. kaya madalas na buena mano. maganda kasi kapag umagang-umaga mamili dahil puro presko ang gulay, isda, karne and etc. di vah nik?

    ah apropos basket, yes pabili ka sa mommy mo. di lang convenient para yo yan kundi you also help preserve the ecology.

    and btw, thanks for visiting my boring kubo and for leaving a trace ;)

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  2. kengkay on August 30th, 2007 7:54 pm

    here you buy the plastic bags already, hehe. kaya kanya kanyang basketan na!

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  3. Nika Catbagan on August 30th, 2007 8:59 pm

    @ Beng: astig layout ng blog. :D
    yup iba lasa pag fresh yun binili, haha parang may secret ingredient pag naluto. hahaha.

    @ kengkay: waah, hahaha. mukhang di mauuso yan dito, sasabihin ng namamalengke para plastic lang nde pa libre. lol. :D

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